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The play is performed in order to distract Sly from his "wife," who is actually Bartholomew, a servant, dressed as a woman.

In this era, dark skin was associated with corruption, while light skin was associated with purity [1]

In an era where white skin was associated with purity, and dark skin with corruption, Jonson's use of positive tone in Niger's lines creates a more "positive model" of dark skin [1].

  1. ^ a b Mcdermott, Kristin (2002). ""To blanch an Ethiop": Jonson's Masque of Blackness and Multicultural Approaches to Early Modern English Literature"". Language Arts Journal of Michigan. Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 5: 4. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)